Ken Campbell
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 10, 1941
- Died
- Aug 31, 2008 (aged 66)
- Place of birth
- Ilford, Essex, England, UK
- Credits
- 66
Kenneth Victor Campbell (10 December 1941 – 31 August 2008) was an English writer, actor, director and comedian known for his work in experimental theatre.He has been called "a one-man dynamo of British theatre."
Campbell achieved notoriety in the 1970s for his nine-hour adaptation of the science-fiction trilogy Illuminatus! and his 22-hour staging of Neil Oram's play cycle The Warp. The Guinness Book of Records listed the latter as the longest play in the world. The Independent said that, "In the 1990s, through a series of sprawling monologues packed with arcane information and freakish speculations on the nature of reality, he became something approaching a grand old man of the fringe, though without ever discarding his inner enfant terrible." The Times labelled Campbell a one-man whirlwind of comic and surreal performance. The Guardian, in a posthumous tribute, judged him to be "one of the most original and unclassifiable talents in the British theatre of the past half-century. A genius at producing shows on a shoestring and honing the improvisational capabilities of the actors who were brave enough to work with him." The artistic director of the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouse said, "He was the door through which many hundreds of kindred souls entered a madder, braver, brighter, funnier and more complex universe."
Known for
Filmography
Nina Conti: Her Master's Voice
2012Movie
Self
Friends Reunited
2005Movie
Zero
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004TV
Crump
Creep
2004Movie
Arthur
Ken Campbell's Meaning of Life
2004Movie
Self
Saving Grace
2000Movie
Sgt. Alfred Masely
Six Experiments that Changed the World
1999TV
Dooley Gardens
1999TV
Alice in Wonderland
1999Movie
Mr. Duck
Extraordinary Visitor
1998Movie
Rodney
Hard Men
1996Movie
Mr Ross
Local Heroes
1996TV
Reality on the Rocks
1995TV
Middlemarch
1994TV
Mr Mawmsey
Heartbeat
1992TV
Hector Plumpton
A Different Hand
1992Movie
The Doctor
Secret Nation
1992Movie
Parkinson
Crimestrike
1990Movie
Julius Caesar
Wings of Fame
1990Movie
Head Waiter
The Nineteenth Hole
1989TV
Johnson
Scandal
1989Movie
Editor of Pictorial
A Fish Called Wanda
1988Movie
Bartlett
Darkest England
1988Movie
Erasmus Microman
1988TV
Erasmus Microman
Smart Money
1986Movie
Mr. Sayles
Lovejoy
1986TV
Ted Goat
Letter to Brezhnev
1985Movie
Newspaper Reporter
A Zed & Two Noughts
1985Movie
Stephen Pipe
Dreamchild
1985Movie
Radio Sound Effects Man/March Hare (voice)
Joshua Then and Now
1985Movie
Sidney Murdoch
In Sickness and in Health
1985TV
The Irate Driver, Fred Johnson
The Moon Over Soho
1985Movie
Geoffrey Hargreaves
The Bride
1985Movie
Pedlar
Home to Roost
1985TV
Mr Prendergast
Ligmalion: Or How to Help Yourself in Self-Help Britain
1985Movie
Samuel Smiles
In the Secret State
1985Movie
Hoskins
Super Gran
1985TV
Unlucky Luciano
Screen Two
1985TV
Tim Rickett
Unfair Exchanges
1984Movie
Tim Rickett
The Bill
1984TV
Sherlock Holmes
1984TV
James Ryder
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
1984TV
James Ryder
Towers of Babel
1981Movie
Alfie
Private Schulz
1981TV
Krauss
Breaking Glass
1980Movie
Publican
The Gentle Touch
1980TV
The Secret Policeman's Ball
1979Movie
Various Roles
Minder
1979TV
Seedy Customer
The Tempest
1979Movie
Gonzalo, an honest councillor
Phoelix
1979Movie
The Last Window Cleaner
1979Movie
DC Denis Deacey
Dinner at the Sporting Club
1978Movie
Neville
Law & Order
1978TV
Alex Gladwell
An Audience with...
1978TV
Self
The Professionals
1977TV
Parker
The Story of Pantomime
1976Movie
Self
Justine
1976Movie
Dubourg
Fawlty Towers
1975TV
Roger
The Ken Campbell Roadshow
1971Movie
Self
The Big Flame
1969Movie
Journalist
Uncle Silas
1968Movie
Crabbe
Inspector Clouseau
1968Movie
Reporter
Poor Cow
1967Movie
Mr. Jacks
The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick
1967Movie
Thomas Chadwick
Mystery and Imagination
1966TV
Crabbe
Armchair Theatre
1956TV
Thomas Chadwick